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Understanding Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to Practise

Understanding Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to Practise

FollowFollowFollowFollow Accepted outcomes will become a new, paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise concerns without a full panel hearing in what the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) describes as “fundamental...
Doctor avoids erasure

Doctor avoids erasure

FollowFollowFollowFollow Dr SR, approached us just before their case was to be considered by the Case Examiners. Given the allegations and evidence, there was no prospect of the matter being stopped at that stage, so focus moved quickly to case strategy. It was a...
The toll of prolonged fitness to practise investigations and the role of expert legal representation

Interim Orders in Professional Regulation

FollowFollowFollowFollow Interim Orders in Professional Regulation: Balancing Safety and Humanity Interim orders are a regulatory tool used during the early stages of a fitness to practise investigation. For healthcare professionals, being subject to an interim order...
Does remediation matter in fitness to practise?

Does remediation matter in fitness to practise?

FollowFollowFollowFollow In a previous post, we reported on the truly tragic case of a consultant anaesthetist with an exemplary professional record who died by suicide after being informed of a General Medical Council (GMC) investigation into his fitness to practise....